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Title
A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus: Morphology, ecology, and molecular phylogenetics
Author(s)
Davenport T.R.B., Stanley W.T., Sargis E.J., De Luca D.W., Mpunga N.E., Machaga S.J., Olson L.E.
Published
2006
Publisher
Science
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1125631
Abstract
A new species of African monkey, Lophocebus kipunji, was described in 2005 based on observations from two sites in Tanzania. We have since obtained a specimen killed by a farmer on Mount Rungwe, the type locality. Detailed molecular phylogenetic analyses of this specimen demonstrate that the genus Lophocebus is diphyletic. We provide a description of a new genus of African monkey and of the only preserved specimen of this primate. We also present information on the animal's ecology and conservation.
Keywords
Conservation; Ecology; Genes; Molecular biology; Animal's ecology; Mount Rungwe; Phylogenetic analyses; Biodiversity; morphology; new genus; new species; phylogenetics; primate; article; Cercocebus; Lophocebus kipunji; molecular phylogeny; monkey; priority journal; Tanzania; Animals; Cercopithecinae; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecology; Male; Tanzania; Africa; East Africa; Mbeya [Tanzania]; Mount Rungwe; Sub-Saharan Africa; Tanzania; Animalia; Lophocebus; Primates
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